Vermonter Shares Story Of Volcano Flight Cancellations

In this image released by Icelandic telecomm company Mila shows an image taken from a webcam on mount Valahnuk as a plume of ash rises from the volcano in southern Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull glacier, Iceland.

Airports
in Europe are re-opening as the ash cloud from the
Icelandic volcano starts to clear. But it's not over yet. Vermonters overseas
are still wondering how they're going to get home, and some European travelers
are stuck here. Schools groups from Vergennes, Bristol, Bennington, Proctor and other towns are trying
everything they can to get home.

Lots
of comments are posted VPR's Facebook page after we put out a call for stories
of travel woes: Teri writes that her family is stuck in Ireland until Thursday and her son's classmate
is staying a bit longer than expected with family in Germany.

Fraser,
a Fairlee homeowner, is held up in Istanbul and is trying to make it to the United Kingdom.

To
get a handle on what it's like to have your trip unexpectedly extended, we got
in touch with Vermonter Bruce Bearman in Zurich. He was traveling to Hamburg with a colleague from Concept 2 in
Morrisville, and ended up staying a bit longer than expected. Bearman speaks with VPR's Mitch Wertlieb.